Words Worth Noting - May 25, 2022

Ralph von “Koenigswald’s discoveries [of early humans called the Solo People in Java] might have been even more impressive still but for a tactical error that was realized too late. He had offered locals ten cents for every piece of hominid bone they could come up with, then discovered to his horror that they had been enthusiastically smashing large pieces into small ones to maximize their income.”

Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything